The Stem Cells That Weren't There
May 07, 2007 |
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Diabetes researchers, investigating how the body supplies itself with insulin, discovered to their surprise that adult stem cells, which they expected to play a crucial role in the process, were nowhere to ...
Newborn neurons like to hang with the 'in' crowd
May 07, 2007 |
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Like any new kid on the block that tries to fit in, newborn brain cells need to find their place within the existing network of neurons. The newcomers jump right into the fray and preferentially reach out ...
New technique will produce a better chromosome map
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May 07, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a simple and economical technique for imaging and mapping fruit fly chromosomes. This new approach will enable them to construct the first accurate ...
Venus Express' infrared camera goes filming
May 07, 2007 |
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An exciting new series of videos from ESA’s Venus Express has been capturing atmospheric details of day and night areas simultaneously, at different altitudes.
Scientists encourage cells to make a meal of Huntington's disease
May 07, 2007 |
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Scientists have developed a novel strategy for tackling neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease: encouraging an individual's own cells to "eat" the malformed proteins that lead to the disease.
China punished 3,176 industrial polluters
May 07, 2007 |
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China closed down 3,176 companies last year for violations of environmental regulations as part of a nationwide effort to control industrial pollution.
Technology monitors myriad molecules
May 07, 2007 |
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A U.S. scientist has created a computer chip consisting of thousands of electrodes yielding molecules that bind to receptor sites.
British healthcare may be rationed
May 07, 2007 |
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Doctors in Britain are revealing for the first time that many health treatments will need to be rationed in the future.
Students invent protective pouch to enhance cell therapy
May 07, 2007 |
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Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a device to improve cell therapy for diabetes patients by anchoring transplanted insulin-producing cells inside a major blood vessel.
Mumps outbreak spreading across Canada
May 07, 2007 |
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An outbreak of the mumps that began in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia has spreaf across the nation, infecting at least 203 people.
Windows Live Hotmail Hits the Streets
May 07, 2007 |
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After more than two years in development and testing by some 20 million beta testers globally, Microsoft will launch Windows Live Hotmail, the successor to MSN Hotmail, in 36 languages across the world May 7.
SUMO wrestling in the brain
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Increasing the amount of SUMO, a small protein in the brain, could be a way of treating diseases such as epilepsy and schizophrenia, reveal scientists at the University of Bristol, UK. Their findings are published online ...
Cancer cells 'reprogram' energy needs to grow and spread, study suggests
May 07, 2007 |
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Studying a rare inherited syndrome, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that cancer cells can reprogram themselves to turn down their own energy-making machinery and use less oxygen, and that these changes might help ...
Fat Aussie teens grow into obese adults
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An Australian medical study has found that the teenage years of children are critical in determining their future weight.
Spiritual beliefs, practices may help smokers quit
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Unlike many traditional alcohol and drug dependence treatment programs, mainstream smoking cessation programs generally exclude spiritual practice and beliefs from the treatment process. But a study by Oregon Health & Science ...
